The first settlement was named 'Uburzis'. According to language historians the name combined two words, namely 'Wurzi' for 'Uburzi' and the ending 's' for the German word 'burg', which means
castle/fortress/city.

The word 'Wurzi' 'Wirce' or 'Würze' have been used for the settlement and all mean herb or spice. The Latin form of the city (11th century) was Herbipolis (polis is the Latin word for city). So,
very appropriately for our ECRO congress we will meet in the city of herbs.

As usual, not all historians agree with this idea. The old name 'wirc' or 'wirt' could be linked to the Celtic word 'werz' which means virgin. It is thus speculated that the name could be
referring to a Celtic goddess. Similarly, the name could be linked to the Celtic word 'uird' for hill or 'virt' with the meaning virtue, manliness, or prowess. In this case, historians discuss if
the city is named after a Celtic lord and should be translated as castle of the Celtic lord. In light of our interest in chemosensory research, we might be favoring the meaning City
of Herbs.

Rudolf Albert von Kölliker - Professor and Founder of
the Anatomy Institute in Würzburg. His work was part of the neuron doctrine, a concept suggesting that the nervous system is composed of discrete individual cells.